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T. WILLIAMS, Jr.

MEAT CUTTER Patented Jan. 9, 1894 tra n I THOMAS" maniac,

i SPECIFiGATION forming part offL'etters Patent No. 512,528,. dated'ianuahy 9,

1 Application filed May 31, 1893. Serial No.476,038, (No model.) Patented in England January 9, 18.92, 110.485, and Germany it'known that I, THOMASWILLIAMS, J r.,

'fornied aroundthe interior of the sides of the cutter hereinafter described, an essential fe'atenginee-1',- a subject of Her lllaje'sty the Queen :of Great Britain and Ireland, residing atBay lree' Qottage, Church End, Fiuckley, London, 1n the county of Middlesex, England, haveinvented new and useful Improvements ind-leat- Qutters, (for which I have obtained a patent in-Great Britain, dated January 9,'1892,No. 485', and in Germany, dated July 12, 1892, No. 38,226,) ofwhich the following is a specificaion. I This invention relates to improvements in meat cutters of that type wherein the cutting,

up of the meat is'effected solely between ribs casing and peripheral cutting (levicesrotating within such casing,

"fln addition to simplicity and economyof construction, the object of my'iny'ention is, first, to render such machines quicker and more efiicieut in action; second, to leave as little residue as possible within-thecas'ing after thecutting u p has been effected, thereby avoiding waste. I attain these results by theconstruction and arrangement of meat ture of which consists in presentingan unobstructed path or channel for the passage of -the meat from its entry at the hopper to its deliyeryin a cut up condition from-the exit en'dof the casingfi'Accor'ding tomyi'nveunot I em-ploy a casing the interior ofwhich enlarges gradually from thehopper toward the outlet end; \Vithin the outlet or larger end of the casing I place a peripheral cutter,

"consisting of'a rotatable cylindrical core, provided-around its periphery'witha number of projecting cutting ribs, set ata slight angle I I 'f formed aroundthe interior of theoutl'etend to, and maintained in cutting contact with,

'ing in a longitudinal or approximately longitudinal direction. The ribs of the casin g and of the peripheral cutter being set at'an angle to one another, a scissors like .cut is imparted to any substance passed between them. The meat is fed up to and forced between the cutting ribs by means of a forcing screw situated beneath the hopper, the thread of which terurinates at-and .does not intersectthe cutting July 12, 1892. No- 68326. e

between such" ribs unobstructed for the passage of the meat. The said-peripheral'cut-ter ribs,'thereby'leaving the grooves or channels may either be'castin one with the core of' the ting ribs of the casing and those'of therotat-a ing peripheral-cutter inay -consequently be readily effected by moving thesai'd cut-terilongitudinally'withiin the casing by any cou'vehient arrangement. Asimple' method willbe hereinafter described with reference to "the"? j drawings.

.In. the accompanying 'dravti'n'gs-==i-nu hich similar letters refer to'correspondingparts in all theviewsw-Figuie 1, is a front elevation of ly-machine; Fig. 5., is an end elevation. r looking from the left of Fig. 1.--

3,-is an enlarged horizontal section of the caseo'nline 1-2 Fig. 1, the combined forcerandcutter being shown in -position.- Fig. 4', is a horizontal section'of the casing on line 1-2. Fig 1, showing the cutting and feeding ribs'therein. Fig.5 is a detail View. ctis the casing the interior of'ivhich enlarges gradually from the hopperb to the Outletq ing, and proper adjustment between the cut- A isl-t-he forcing screw, upon th-e-axisc ofi which is mounted thecrank'd; v B is the peripheral cut-te-nhere; shownas cast in one'piece with the forcing screwu 't, but if desired-it may be constructed'separately and secured upon the asi's 'thereof. This cutter B -consists of acyli'ndri'cal"core around the periphery of whichare fo'r'medthe cutting ribs 8 the sharp edgese of which coact with the sharp edges f of the cutting-ribs h hare longitudinal feeding ribs within the casing a which coact with the thread or worm i of the forcing screw Aand preventthe meat.

from simply revolving with the latter.

It will be seen on referring to the drawings that the feeding and cutting devices are kept quite distinct the feeding ribs h and spiralsi terminating when they reach the cutting ribs fe. I consequently avoid all obstruction to the passage of the meat through the machine as is the case in some machines where the feeding and cutting ribs are caused to intersect one another, and I present an unobstructed path or channel for the passage of the meat from its entry at the hopper to its exit.

I effect the proper adjustment between the cutting ribs 6 andf by means of the thumb screw I; screwed into the end of the axis c of the forcing screw. This thumb screw bears with its head upon and holds in place the crank (Z and upon being tightened up draws the forcing screw and peripheral cutter toward the rear of the casing thereby taking up any wear that may have occured between the cutting ribs e and f.

The action of the machine is as follows: The meat introduced by the hopper b is carried forward by the forcing screw A and forced into and through the grooves or channels g 9' between the cutting ribs e and f, receiving during its passage a succession of shear like cuts from such ribs.

Vhen it is desired to use the machine for filling alsoI may provide the casing with a convenient filling nozzle and pipe as shown in Fig. 5 where n represents a filling pipe and nozzle secured to the casing a by a convenient screw 0.

The machine may be caused to out either coarse or fine as desired by varying the size of the channels g 9 between the cutting ribs e and f, making them larger for coarse out, and smaller for fine cut meat, or, when a filling nozzle and pipe are employed, by increasing or diminishing the bore of the pipe. The fineness of the cut may also be regulated by thelength of the cutters. I find however that as a general rule a length of cutter approxi-, mately the same as one diameter of the cutting device at its largest end answers best.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In combination, the casing, the feed screw, the cutter at the forward end of the feed screw and the forcing and cutting ribs arranged on the interior of the cylinder and opposite the feed screw and cutter respectively said ribs extendinglongitudinally of the casing substantially as described. I

2. A meat cutter constructed with a casing, cutting ribs formed round the interior of the outlet end thereof, a peripheral cutter acting in conjunction with the cutting ribs of the casing and consisting of a rotatable core provided around its periphery with cutting ribs having between them unobstructed grooves or channels, and forcing ribs extending up to and terminating at the cutting ribs, all of said ribs extending approximately longitudinally of the casing substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a meat cutter, in combination, a casin g enlarging gradually toward its outlet end, cutting ribs formed around the Interior of such outlet end, a peripheral cutter as above set forth rotating in cutting contact With said cutting ribs, a forcing screw extending up to and terminating at the peripheral cutter, and

means for adjusting the'screw and cutter toward the smaller-end of the case for effecting the adjustment between the cutting ribs of the casing and peripheralcutter substantially as described.

4;. In a meat cutter in combination with cutting ribs around the interior of the outlet end of the casing and running in a longitudinal or approximatelylongitudinal direction a pcripheral cutter consisting of a rotatable cyl ndrical core provided around its periphery w th cutting ribs set at a slight angle or inclinat on to the cutting ribs on the casing, and having between them unobstructed grooves or channels, the forcing screw and the forcing ribs extending longitudinally of the casing and forming continuations of the channels be tween the cutting ribs substantially as described and illustrated.

5. The combination with the cutting ribsf around the delivery end of the casing (L of the rotating cutter B provided around its periphery with the cutting ribs 8' having between them unobstructed channels-g contracting toward their outlet ends, substantially as described and illustrated.

6. The combination of the casing a enlarging gradually toward its outlet, cutting ribs f around the outlet end thereof, peripheral cutter B, forcing screw A and adjusting nut 7: arranged at the smaller end of the casing to draw the cutter and feed screw toward said smaller end substantially as described and illustrated. I

"In witness whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'lll-IOMAS WILLIAMS, J UNR. Witnesses:

A. E. ALEXANDER, Chartered Patent Agent, 19 Southampton Bldgs, London, W. C.

J. BURGESS, Clerk to above.

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